"Immersive it is!" Eugene said after the unanimous tally. Everyone seemed eager to please Judy, the cheery and polite goth almost never tried to impose her will over anyone on most things of this matter and was very much went with the flow, so while Peter was clearly locked into voting as the supportive boyfriend, Lindsey and Eugene shared a look and a nod. Why not do something nice for their friend?
So Eugene reached over and depressed the large black button, feeling resistance from the spring underneath as he pushed it back down into the compartment it had popped out of. There was a loud CLICK as the button locked in place, and then the machine began making a loud 'honey the dryer is off-balance' clattering.
"Uh oh. You break it, Geno?" Peter said, only slightly concerned. If it didn't work out, well, Madden was calling his name.
"I...I don't know" Eugene said as he looked around the device in confusion, "Nothing...looks broke? Maybe it's just old?"
"Ew, you guys smell that?" Judy's nose scrunched up as a burning smell filled the common room.
"Ugh!" Peter pinched his nose shut while Eugene covered his own with the disposable face mask he'd worn in the mall.
"Hmmm...That smells like, um, printer resin" Lindsey said, taking a deep sniff and seeming rather unaffected by the sharp scent, "Oooh, I wonder if this thing is a 3D printer!"
"No way, those didn't show up until a few years ago, right? This ting looks like it's from the 1980s, at the latest."
"Nah Petes, 3D printers have been around for, like, aaaages! But they were also SUPER big! I bet this thing is TOTALLY printing out our game pieces! Or, like, something" Lindsey informed the confused looking jock. In fact she, herself, had one but it was currently boxed up in the Sorority storage room. There really wasn't any room for it in her new tiny dorm room (which the CompSci major thought was cozy, but she definitely missed the GURL house's less utilitarian aesthetic.
As if on cue, the clattering stopped and a tray full of small, primary colored plastic figures popped out of the side of the game machine.
"CHOOSE AVATAR" The game intoned, and the four students leaned in to see...
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